ἐπισκήπτω

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   A ἐπέσκηφα D.L.1.117:—make to lean upon, ἐς δὲ παῖδ' ἐμὸν Ζεὺς ἐπέσκηψεν τελευτὴν θεσφάτων made it fall upon him, A.Pers.740(troch.); ἐ. χάριν τινί impose it upon, S.Aj.566.    2. intr., fall upon, like lightning, πρᾶγμα δεῦρ' ἐπέσκηψεν it came to this point, A.Eu.482; νόσος ἐπέσκηψεν πολλή (v.l.ἐν-) Plu.Thes.15; ᾧ ἂν ἔρως ἐπισκήψῃ Id.2.767d, cf. 701c; αὐτῷ ὁ θάνατος Philum.Ven.31.3.    II. lay it upon one to do a thing, c. dat. pers. et inf., μοῖρ' ἐπέσκηψε Πέρσαις πολέμους διέπειν A.Pers.103 (lyr.), cf.S.OT252: folld. by imper., ib.1446: less freq. c.acc. et inf., E.Alc.365; τοῖσι πλησιοχώροισι ἐ. κελεύοντας προπέμπειν Hdt.4.33: inf. can freq. be supplied, τοσοῦτον δή σ' ἐπισκήπτω (sc.ποιεῖν) thus much I command thee to do, S.Tr.1221; so πρὸς δεξιᾶς σε τῆσδ' ἐπισκήπτω τάδε E.IT701: pers. is freq. omitted, ἐ. (sc. ὑμῖν) τὸν . . φόνον ἐκπρήξασθαι Hdt.7.158; βάξις ἐπισκήπτουσα . . ἔξω δόμων . . ὠθεῖν ἐμέ A.Pr.664; ἐπέσκηψε . . εἶρξαι Αἴαντα S.Aj.752, cf. Antipho 1.1; also ἐ. περί τινος E.IT1077.    2. esp. conjure a person to do a thing, ὑμῖν τάδε ἐπισκήπτω . . μὴ περιιδεῖν Hdt.3.65; τινὶ πρὸς τῶν θεῶν And.1.32; κλαίοντας, ίκετεύοντας . . έπισκήπτοντας μηδενὶ τρόπῳ τὸν ἀλιτήριον στεφανοῦν Aeschin.3.157, cf. Th.2.73, etc.; of the curses or orders of dying persons, μέμνησθε τὰ ἐπέσκηψε Πέρσῃσι... μὴ πειρωμένοισι Hdt.3.73, cf. Lys.13.92, D.28.15, 36.32.    3. γᾷ ἐπισκήπτων χέρα resting hand on earth, i.e.calling earth to witness, B.7.41: abs., γᾷ -σκήπτων πιφαύσκω Id.5.42.    III. as Att. law-term, generally in Med., denounce a person, so as to begin a prosecution for perjury (cf. ἐπίσκηψις 11), διεμαρτύρησε οὑτοσί . . · ἐπισκηψαμένων δ' ἡμῶν . . ἡ . . δίκη τῶν ψευδομαρτυριῶν εἰσῄει, i.e.a διαμαρτυρία was entered . . : we replied by an ἐπίσκηψις . ., and the action for false witness was brought on, Is.5.17; in full, ἐ. τινὶ ψευδομαρτυριῶν D.29.7; ᾗ (sc. τῇ θεῷ) οὐδὲ ψ. θέμις ἐστὶν ἐ. Aeschin.1.130; ἐ. ταῖς μαρτυρίαις D.47.1, cf. Is.3.11; ἐ. [τῇ μαρτυρίᾳ] ὡς ψευδεῖ οὔσῃ denounce it as false, Din.1.52:—also in Act., Pl.Tht.145ccodd., Jul. Or.6.186b:—hence Pass., ἐὰν ἐπισκηφθῇ τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυρῆσαι Pl.Lg. 937b: generally, πρὸς τῆς θανούσης . . ἐπεσκήπτου wast denounced, accused, S.Ant.1313:—so in Act., blame, τινί Jul.Or.7.239a.